What's the Secret Word?

DOODLES!

The Seattle Children's Museum offers a free day for kids who have the secret word (from their newsletter) on the first Friday of the month if they bring a paying grown-up with them.  Well, the word was "doodles." How fun it was to try to describe to Katelyn what a "doodle" was! Finally, I took out my journal and showed her the margins of many of the pages. For those of you who know me, as expected...it was full of doodles of every kind! 

On our way on the bus...

Karen and Travis joined us for the fun.

First to the Orca...

Then on to the trains! I love trains!

And the bus. What a wild driver!

We were on our way up "Mountain Everest. It has snow at the top." Karen asked Katelyn if the bus had snow tires. She got out and looked at the wheels and then said, "Yes, because it just came back from Mt. Rainier!"

Next, the construction zone.

Starting with walls...

Tightening the bolts...

Affixing the roof...

And finally, a cupola!  Or the beginning of one, then tiredness and whining set in. It was my lunchtime!

There was so much to see, and we ran ourselves out of energy after many hours.

We headed back to the bus stop, but needed to stop for a quick run through the singing flowers. I have this video of them singing, but it came out SIDEWAYS, and I can't fix it! Arrgh...

So, watch if you like...sideways.  :-)

Once home, a short nap was had by all. I sure needed it!